Acra vs Baffle Data Protection
Acra
cossacklabs.comBaffle Data Protection
baffle.ioSide by side
| Figure | Acra | Baffle Data Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $833.33/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Cloud Encryption Software | 9.5 (#1) | 7.7 (#9) |
| Deployment | Server components are distributed as Linux packages, Docker images and source builds, with Kubernetes-compatible images. | The product can run on-premises or in the customer’s own VPC, without internet access or call-home telemetry. |
| Key management | Key utilities support generation, export, backup, rollback and enterprise key rotation without re-encrypting data. | Listed key management and HSM integrations include AWS CloudHSM, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, Hashi Vault, and Gemalto Thales. |
| Purpose | Acra protects sensitive data in SQL and NoSQL databases, web applications, and backend applications. | Baffle protects sensitive data across data pipelines feeding analytics, applications, and AI by masking, tokenizing, and encrypting it. |
Plans
Acra
- Acra Community EditionFree
- Acra Enterprise Edition$10,000 a year
- Acra bespoke solutionPriced on request
Baffle Data Protection
- Early access free trial — Cloud Data Masking for Sharing in Lower EnvironmentsFree
In their own words
Acra
Acra protects sensitive data in SQL and NoSQL databases, web applications and backend applications. It offers field-level and searchable encryption, tokenization and data masking. Teams can deploy it as a transparent SQL proxy, an HTTP/gRPC encryption API or client-side SDKs. AcraServer supports PostgreSQL and MySQL wire protocols, including MySQL 5.7+, PostgreSQL 9.4+ and MariaDB 10.3; listed NoSQL and KV stores include MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra and TimescaleDB. Key-management integrations include Amazon KMS, Google Cloud KMS, HashiCorp Vault, Keywhiz and HSMs. Acra can detect requests for planted poison records or honeytokens, raise alarms and halt decryption. It provides security logging for SIEM/SOC analytics and a crypto-signed audit log. Server components run on Linux, with Docker and Kubernetes-compatible images documented; the maker describes Acra as cloud-agnostic and actively supported on Google Cloud Platform, AWS and DigitalOcean. Windows clients can connect to Acra on Linux, but server components should not run on Windows. Community Edition is free forever for non-profit and business use; Enterprise Edition starts at $10,000 a year, with price dependent on deployments and requested features.
Baffle Data Protection
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